The ground beetle is the larva of the yellow-footed ant lion, which is distributed in South China, Taiwan, Sichuan, and other regions. It is used in medicine for its effects of diuresis, antimalarial, detoxification, and ulcer healing. It is often used to treat malaria, scrofula, and other conditions. In addition, when combined with other diuretic Chinese herbs, ground beetle can also treat urinary stones.
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【The Efficacy and Functions of Ground Beetle】
The ground beetle, also known as "ant lion," is mainly used for medicinal purposes and can be used to treat conditions such as hypertension, urinary stones, gallstones, osteomyelitis, vasculitis, and otitis media.
The medicinal value of ground beetle is very high, and naturally, its price is also expensive. Live ground beetles can be sold for more than 4000 RMB per kilogram.
Dried ground beetles can be ground into powder and applied to the affected area to treat knife wounds. In folk medicine, this type of insect is usually ground into powder to treat tinnitus or otitis media.
Ground beetles have a pungent and salty taste, warm in nature, and are toxic. They have the effects of diuresis and detoxification, and are used to treat urinary stones, malaria, boils, and scrofula.
Treatment of malaria: Take eleven ground beetles, mix them with alcohol and swallow. Take it half an hour before the onset of malaria. For chronic malaria, take it for a week.
【The Cultivation Method of Ground Beetle】
Currently, the number of these insects is very small, and they can hardly be artificially cultivated, so their value is extremely high.
Ground beetles prefer sandy areas and are commonly found in sandy soil at the foot of cliffs.
Ground beetles can be caught throughout the year, mainly in summer and autumn. They can be dug out from the habitat of ant lions, and after catching them, they should be lightly roasted over low heat until their bodies expand.
Ground beetles are light in weight and have a soft and crispy texture. They have a slight fishy smell and a slightly salty taste. The best ones are those that are large, complete in shape, yellowish-brown, light in weight, and free of sand and mud.
Adult ground beetles live in grass and usually fly at dusk. The larvae live in dry sandy soil, inhabit funnel-shaped tunnels, and hide at the bottom of the tunnels, waiting to prey on small insects. They are distributed in South China, Taiwan, Sichuan, and other regions.
【The Application of Ground Beetle in Prescription】
Prescription 1:
Ingredients: 50g of moneywort, 30g of chicken internal gold, 15g of orange seed, 30g of winter melon seed, 10g of ground beetle, 30g of golden sand (wrapped in cloth), 20g of talcum powder, 20g of floating stone, 15g of flat bladderpod, 15g of Qu Mai, 30g of stone weevil, 15g of Qian Ren.
Usage: Decoction, one dose per day, take it once a day for five days. If there is painful and bloody urination, add 30g of white grass root. This is an ancient Chinese medicine formula for stone removal, which has cured countless patients and has been repeatedly proven effective.
Prescription 2:
Ingredients: 30g of deer antler powder, 30g of salted Cistanches, 30g of salted Eucommia, 3g of purple oil cinnamon (added later, 10 minutes), 120g of wide moneywort, 30g of golden sand, 15g of raw chicken internal gold, 30g of Sichuan Magnolia Bark, 15g of raw hairy knee, 3g of frankincense, 30g of talcum powder, 30g of clean sea slug, 30g of raw pinellia (smashed), 30g of raw ginger (prepared, cut), 15g of cloud wood incense (added later, 10 minutes), 30g of red peony, 15g of roasted licorice, 6g of ground beetle powder (taken by mouth), 15g of winter melon seed.
Usage: 10 doses. Add 2000ml of cold water, add cloud wood incense and oil cinnamon later, simmer on low heat to extract 600ml, divide into three doses, and take it with warm water before meals. Drink the powdered medicine. Soak the medicine residue in a bath.
